Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth, yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. —Job 20:12-14, part of our Bible reading plan Sam Storms comments: … More It may taste good now…
November 22 3 John 1-14 (ESV) Greeting 1:1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers [1] came and testified to your … More November 22 3 John 1-14
November 22 John 13:1-11 (ESV) Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had … More November 22 John 13:1-11
November 22 Job 20 (ESV) Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. 3 I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. 4 Do you not know this from of old, since man was … More November 22 Job 20
November 22 Daniel 5-6 (ESV) The Handwriting on the Wall 5:1 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father [1] had taken out of the temple … More November 22 Daniel 5-6
Ray Stedman has some helpful comments on our Bible reading passage today, 2 John: The second letter of John is the only letter in the New Testament that was written to a woman. As we can gather from the letter itself, it was written to a mother with several children, perhaps a widow. It appears … More 2 John: The sanity of balance
And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears my words and does … More One with the Father
As we read Daniel 3-4 today, here are helpful comments from John Piper on Daniel 4:28-3 What Daniel describes in this story is the pathway of a man from the pride of self to the praise of God through the valley of humiliation. And that’s a pathway that every person in the world must walk … More The Path from Pride to Praise
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me! Job 19:25-27 As … More For I know that my Redeemer lives
November 21 2 John 1-13 (ESV) Greeting 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from … More November 21 2 John 1-13
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